tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post3846809269992755792..comments2015-08-02T14:21:06.571-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Animator Don / TUE 11-2-10 / 1972 #2 hit Bill Withers / Fiddler on Roof milkman / Beach resort at entrance to Lagoon of VeniceRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33068105966462803152010-12-07T20:47:00.683-05:002010-12-07T20:47:00.683-05:00Syndicated paper solver.
BAA on the SET OPART TEV...Syndicated paper solver.<br /><br />BAA on the SET OPART TEVYE problem. Had SAY, thought OPARY was some kind of special visual effect or something real.<br /><br />A few too many Latinate terms for my taste, but since the constructor asked so nice, just this once I&#39;ll pardon the French.<br /><br />Guess I get to read all the comments about the election returns from 5 weeks ago tomorrow. Favorite sign from the rally: &quot;Moderate as HELL.&quot; We&#39;ll see who&#39;s able to UNREPresent their point of view and who&#39;s prone to go all Marc Anthony.<br /><br />captcha: idshelly: monster poet&#39;s bride&#39;s monster?NotalwaysrightBillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-56815186873386532262010-12-07T14:57:53.967-05:002010-12-07T14:57:53.967-05:00I made all the aforementioned mistakes at 3D &quot...I made all the aforementioned mistakes at 3D &quot;same here&quot;. Wanted BAM or POW for toy gun shot. BAM especially &quot;helped&quot; to confirm BEDEW (which was right) and METOO (which was wrong).<br /><br />I had D----INGS and all the theme answers and really wanted to fill in DEADKINGS, but knew KAT couldn&#39;t possibly be the longest O.E.D. entry!<br /><br />Also, at 33A Grades in the 70&#39;s I really wanted JRHS (as in Junior High School) as that is what we called grades 7-9 instead of the current Middle School (grades 6-8/9).Randy Chongnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81423457182675798232010-12-07T12:59:48.514-05:002010-12-07T12:59:48.514-05:00Crummy puzzle for a Tuesday and we thought we were...Crummy puzzle for a Tuesday and we thought we were Soo.. smart yesterday; Lots of bizarre (either you know it or you don&#39;t) fillAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66617730043338593432010-11-04T14:13:29.039-04:002010-11-04T14:13:29.039-04:00It&#39;s too bad people didn&#39;t know of Don Blu...It&#39;s too bad people didn&#39;t know of Don Bluth. I spent so much money playing Dragon&#39;s Lair and Space Ace in the arcades as a kid that I coulda been a millionaire if I saved all those quarters. When Disney Animation was at its lowest ebb in the 1970&#39;s and Don up and left with a bunch of people to strike out on their own to bring quality back, it was a huge deal.joecabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16862252671814767307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-19325586478906171052010-11-03T04:13:03.217-04:002010-11-03T04:13:03.217-04:00I do the Times puzzle in the IHT. They had the ga...I do the Times puzzle in the IHT. They had the gall to run this puzzle as a 15X15, adding an extra row on the right with three arbitrary clue number: 13,34, and 57! <br />There oughta be a law!!Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06553132359066333235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13532933282946794482010-11-02T22:59:07.879-04:002010-11-02T22:59:07.879-04:00@Retired Chemist,have you been gone? or is it my m...@Retired Chemist,have you been gone? or is it my mind that&#39;s gone? I recall thinking we needed you for a couple of chemistry clues/answers and feeling like I had not seen you in a while. <br /><br />Anyhow, welcome back (at least into my consciousness...)foodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13052189131129098616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71105220056500727962010-11-02T22:55:22.990-04:002010-11-02T22:55:22.990-04:00addendum: after WHITE RUSSIAN and PARDON MY FRENCH...addendum: after WHITE RUSSIAN and PARDON MY FRENCH, I briefly tried COUNTRIES at 57A. Didn&#39;t exactly fit the def., but still.... Ruled it out rather quickly.retired_chemisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13181126754941899228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25359619555010426642010-11-02T22:38:04.530-04:002010-11-02T22:38:04.530-04:00Didn&#39;t find it more than medium. Helped that I...Didn&#39;t find it more than medium. Helped that I remembered TEVYE and EKCO.retired_chemisthttp://www.glengowan.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60314379447857685902010-11-02T21:07:37.508-04:002010-11-02T21:07:37.508-04:0022 proper nouns today. Relatvely obscure ones mad...22 proper nouns today. Relatvely obscure ones made this quite challenging for a Tuesday: BLUTH, RABE, TEVYE, QEII, EKCO, e.g.<br /><br />As with most BEQ puzzles, this one was clever, droll, original and great fun to work through.Van55http://www.blogger.com/profile/15904942044695917615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34727893563082483052010-11-02T20:43:35.247-04:002010-11-02T20:43:35.247-04:00I just got dumped on a 503 and a 404.
The only wa...I just got dumped on a 503 and a 404.<br /><br />The only way I can get likker down is in a milk shake. We once had a restaurant called S Kickers which served any mixed drink as a milk shake. It&#39;s now a NYS Troopers&#39; headquarters.<br /><br />@Rube - I like any kitchen junk that&#39;s blue or yellow. I don&#39;t cook.<br /><br />I hope by original you don&#39;t mean the outcome. WWII generated it&#39;s share of cinema, but I&#39;d give it all up for an Ingloious Basterds ending.Sfingihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06903616949048940858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57083633735072953372010-11-02T18:17:50.151-04:002010-11-02T18:17:50.151-04:00@Anonymous6:10PM:
Kahlua _is_ coffee liquer. It&...@Anonymous6:10PM:<br /><br />Kahlua _is_ coffee liquer. It&#39;s just the most popular brand of a type of liquer. So it&#39;s the same drink in Utah and on the East Coast.Matthew G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07957320012395569238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2255589476333385592010-11-02T18:10:33.281-04:002010-11-02T18:10:33.281-04:00My toy gunshot was caps but that didn&#39;t work. ...My toy gunshot was caps but that didn&#39;t work. The Utah White Russian must be different from the New York version. Ours is Kahlua, Vodka, Cream over ice. Either is good. Tevye and Tovar weren&#39;t to far apart. But opart? Where&#39;s the hyphen used in op-art. All in all this puzzle was fun. ThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45209254511391978152010-11-02T17:38:05.143-04:002010-11-02T17:38:05.143-04:00to ChefBea:
Golden RATIO, as in Golden Mean.to ChefBea:<br /><br />Golden RATIO, as in Golden Mean.snowmaidenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15881837177379993777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39751582685837238162010-11-02T17:17:33.976-04:002010-11-02T17:17:33.976-04:00@Orange/Amy, 11:06 AM - I apologize for seeming to...@Orange/Amy, 11:06 AM - I apologize for seeming to suggest that you had not taken notice of the 14 x 15 grid. (But, you do agree that you hadn&#39;t mentioned it here!)<br /><br />I usually do the puzzle, review it to see if there is anything at all to comment on, and come to Rex&#39;s blog. Most of the time Rex or some commenter has already made my intended point, and I am left to simply say &quot;Amen.&quot; So I rush to read through all the comments, which I try to do faithfully, in case I have the chance to make my point before anyone else. Going to your or other blogs before coming here would only cause my rose to stale further.<br /><br />So, no offense intended. <br /><br />(I do faithfully read joon&#39;s write-up of Matt Gaffney&#39;s contest every Tuesday at your site!)Bob Kerfufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02615811802419025933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-49805666136337966882010-11-02T16:58:03.171-04:002010-11-02T16:58:03.171-04:00Enjoy BEQ puzzles. 1A and D gave me pause. Got R...Enjoy BEQ puzzles. 1A and D gave me pause. Got RSSIAN and CAESAR but still in a fog. Thinking of Kaluha. I used to slurp Gin Martinis. Can&#39;t stand these sweet things. Knew ALAnon not TEEN. Had Prix fixe. But as often with BEQ I chip away and it reveals. Good run for the money. Finally couldn&#39;t figure O Part--somethinglike an f Stop? Came to here-Doh!Sparkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11149915526159432838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88501463476426506912010-11-02T16:41:00.068-04:002010-11-02T16:41:00.068-04:00I can&#39;t believe with all the Hallowe&#39;en we...I can&#39;t believe with all the Hallowe&#39;en we had to endure we&#39;re not getting any baseball stuff now. Maybe it&#39;s because holidays are fixed dates? looking forward to talking turkey soon, I guess! NW was too silly for a Tuesday. BB guns aren&#39;t toys. You&#39;ll take your eye out! Cap guns are toys.stix2metunesmiffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04098671672736862293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59854533001889576822010-11-02T16:29:54.585-04:002010-11-02T16:29:54.585-04:00A fifth of that payroll is Zito, who wasn&#39;t on...A fifth of that payroll is Zito, who wasn&#39;t on the roster.Martinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85521250707869060242010-11-02T15:45:55.362-04:002010-11-02T15:45:55.362-04:00@sanfranman59 - If you&#39;re going to let little ...@sanfranman59 - If you&#39;re going to let little things like facts get in the way of conventional thought about things, you&#39;re going to have a hard time in life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60548365358278373552010-11-02T15:40:53.992-04:002010-11-02T15:40:53.992-04:00Midday report of relative difficulty (see my 7/30/...Midday report of relative difficulty (see my 7/30/2009 post for an explanation of my method):<br /><br />All solvers (median solve time, average for day of week, ratio, percentile, rating)<br /><br />Tue 9:47, 8:57, 1.09, 76%, Medium-Challenging<br /><br />Top 100 solvers<br /><br />Tue 4:45, 4:36, 1.03, 63%, Medium-Challenging<br /><br />@balto/Steve ... while I agree with your sentiment and am thrilled that the Giants won last night, they actually had one of the higher payrolls in MLB this year. At close to $100M, their opening day payroll was 10th in the majors and I&#39;m guessing that by the end of the season it was close to the top 5 with the trades and waiver wire signings they made (according to ESPN, the 6 guys they added were paid over $28M this year). While it&#39;s true that about half their pitching staff is homegrown, only two of their primary position players are (Posey and Sandoval). By my count, almost as many players on the hated Yankees active roster were homegrown (9 players) as were the Giants (10 players).sanfranman59http://www.blogger.com/profile/15118732156312301425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52643718351571440192010-11-02T15:04:11.226-04:002010-11-02T15:04:11.226-04:00My last comment about the Giants.
To all you c...My last comment about the Giants. <br /><br />To all you constructors out there: Are you aware that Brian Wilson, (the Giants star closer), is on record, in an interview in the NYT, as wishing that he will someday appear in a NYT crossword puzzle. He would prefer that it be a down as he thinks they are &quot;harder&quot;.<br /><br />(Google: &quot;brian wilson&quot; crossword)Rubehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04773241241484881566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29914424993746468142010-11-02T14:58:20.806-04:002010-11-02T14:58:20.806-04:00Dragon&#39;s Lair.
I must have spent $20--fifty c...Dragon&#39;s Lair.<br /><br />I must have spent $20--fifty cents at a time--to beat that thing. You had to time the moves of the joystick at JUST the right fraction of a second...or the laser disk would kill you.<br />You learn these things by watching someone else--who&#39;s probably a whole lot younger that you--do it.Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01287297614087933765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-87201256658323240982010-11-02T14:29:09.406-04:002010-11-02T14:29:09.406-04:00Grandma&#39;s Hands is another Bill Withers class...<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv5pagal-ls" rel="nofollow"> Grandma&#39;s Hands </a> is another Bill Withers classic.Alemannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21764009556570308812010-11-02T14:16:40.367-04:002010-11-02T14:16:40.367-04:00more signs.<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-100-best-signs-at-the-rally-to-restore-sanity" rel="nofollow">more signs.</a>sane personnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65721258234361104492010-11-02T14:00:19.614-04:002010-11-02T14:00:19.614-04:00@Bob Kerfuffle
Oh! 14 x 15!!! I never notice! I...@Bob Kerfuffle<br />Oh! 14 x 15!!! I never notice! I always give up if a phrase isn&#39;t 15 letters, so good to note!<br />But if it&#39;s smaller, than it better be punchier than normal, which of course BEQ is a master at...<br /><br />@Stan<br />Good reasoning about SAT not being a main entry!!! And belatedly, yes, I included HERBCAEN in my failed attempt, but it goes well with TIMKAINE no?<br />And the giants haven&#39;t won since before I was born...so I guess I should try and get more into the spirit of things in time for the parade tomorrow! Maybe I&#39;ll hold up one of @foodie&#39;s signs!<br /><br />@foodie<br />You gave me/us enough laughs to last into next year. THANK YOU!andrea yes! michaelsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54426956121453966432010-11-02T13:49:37.111-04:002010-11-02T13:49:37.111-04:00&quot;told fibs&quot; = &quot;lied to&quot; works ...&quot;told fibs&quot; = &quot;lied to&quot; works well if it&#39;s passive - &quot;I&#39;ve been told fibs,&quot; &quot;I&#39;ve been lied to.&quot; My main trouble was not knowing white russians from black russians.jberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02169065390875378077noreply@blogger.com